Abstract
OBJECTIVE. Arrested skull base pneumatization is a benign developmental variant that can be confused with significant skull base disease processes. This study reviews the imaging findings in 30 suspected cases of arrested skull base pneumatization. CONCLUSION. When encountering a nonexpansile lesion with osteosclerotic borders, internal fat, and curvilinear calcifications in the basisphenoid bone or adjacent skull base, radiologists should strongly consider the diagnosis of arrested pneumatization.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1691-1696 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | American Journal of Roentgenology |
| Volume | 190 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2008 |
Keywords
- Arrested pneumatization
- Congenital anomalies
- Craniofacial lesions
- Head and neck imaging
- Skull base
- Sphenoid sinus
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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